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The Atlanta Hawks opened preseason play Monday with a win over the Pelicans, which means "Training Camp" is officially over.  The team's Training Camp roster remains in place however, so we want to know if you can name the 17 players that are on it.

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Can You Name the Hawks' Training Camp Roster?

The 2014 Atlanta Hawks training camp is in the books, with the team having completed five practices in a three-day span.  For the second straight year, the Hawks held the first days of camp in Athens, Ga. on the campus of the University of Georgia.

After watching practices and talking to players and coaches, here are five things we took away from camp:

1)  This team is further along than last year

This may seem obvious considering Coach Bud has 12 players returning, but it's probably the most important takeaway from camp.  Whereas last year Coach Bud was trying to introduce a new system to a relatively new group, the team was already running headed into this year's camp, and it showed during the scrimmages.  Players were running the offense, moving the ball and playing team defense.

2)  Al Horford is getting closer to 100%

Though he was held out of contact drills this week, Horford said he's getting closer to feeling 100 percent.  Coach Bud said he will slowly work Horford into contact situations, starting with 1-on-1 drills and progressing to 5-on-5.  The plan is still to have him ready to play on opening night in Toronto.

Kent Bazemore hasn't been in contact drills yet as he continues rehab on his foot, but the returning players have been impressed with both Thabo Sefolosha and Adreian Payne.  Each drew high praise when we asked others how they're doing picking up the offense.  Both players figure to get minutes off the bench, and both said it's nice to have so many returning players to help teach them the system.

4)  The best FIFA player on the team is...TBD

There's a battle amongst some of the players as to who is the best FIFA gamer.  The team had a chance to bond at night while staying in Athens, and a handful of them said they played FIFA.  Bazemore was quoted as saying he was the "FIFA King," but Mike Scott quickly refuted that claim by pointing out that he lost to Dennis Schröder.  Paul Millsap and Mike Muscala have also laid claim to being the best, so it appears we'll have to sort this out with a tournament at some point this season.

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4 Things We Learned From Training Camp

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ATLANTA, GA -- The Atlanta Hawks have signed guard/forward Jarell Eddie and center Dexter Pittman, it was announced today by Head Coach Mike Budenholzer. Per team policy, terms of the agreements were not disclosed.

Eddie played the last four seasons at Virginia Tech, averaging team-highs of 13.3 points and 5.4 rebounds while adding 1.2 assists in 32.6 minutes as a senior in 2013-14. He started 30-of-the-31 games last season and finished second in the Atlantic Coast Conference with 80 three-pointers made. He participated in the 2014 NBA Summer League in Las Vegas with the Washington Wizards.

Pittman is a four-year NBA veteran who appeared in two contests off the bench for the Hawks last season. He has played in 50 career games with Miami, Memphis and the Hawks. He won a championship ring with the Heat in 2012.

Below is the Hawks’ 17-man training camp roster.

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Can You Name the Hawks' Training Camp Roster?

4 Things We Learned From Training Camp

Hawks Sign Jarell Eddie and Dexter Pittman